Unit 7 Making Business Arrangements 文秘专业英语教材.ppt

Unit Seven;Learning Objectives ;Listening and Speaking; Listening and Speaking;Listening and Speaking;Listening and Speaking;Dialogue 3 Listen to the dialogue, and fill in the blanks. You will hear the recording twice. (In this conversation, we are in the head office of a major advertising agency. It is a high-activity / high-pressure environment. Gail Lewis, an executive secretary, is walking along with her boss, Gerry Ameson, as he goes to his next meeting.) Gail: Sir, Mr. James from Editing would like your ________ on this ________. Gerry: I’m too busy right now. Would you please put it in my________? I’ll add it to my PIM’s __________. Gail: Yes sir. And Sally Jones from Photography wants to _________ the Osten ________. Gerry: Hmm, yes, that’s a _____ issue we still have to resolve. What’s my _________ like? Gail: The earliest _____ _________ is in two days. Gerry: OK, make an ___________ for a meeting with her. While you’re at it, make an appointment with the client after the meeting with Sally. We’ll discuss the _____ ________ and the contract. Gail: According to your ________, you wanted to _____ on the Farley project today. Gerry: No _____. The design’s available. Now, where did I put the ______ for last week’s meeting... oh, there they are! Let me see the _______ for this next meeting, please. Gail: Right _____, sir.;Listening and Speaking;Listening and Speaking;Listening and Speaking;Reading;Reading;Reading; Reading; Reading;Shortcomings of a Company Bossy or single-minded managers and directors Idle or lazy management Lack of financial controls such as budgets of cash flow forecasts [2] Not comparing actual results to expected results Poor communication between the various managements [3] Lack of control over debt collection;Mistakes of a Company Expanding the operations of a company without sufficient funds Relying too much on overdrafts High borrowings such as loan commitments Bad or lack of planning which leads to the failure of certai